In my case, the rubber oring from the site cover (clutch )
fell in the sump (they asume, it happened in the fectory ) and got in the drive gear of the water pump. Shaved about a 1/4 of an inch of that drive gear.
It was still functioning, but it's not a safe situation. You know what happened, when the pump fails. It was repaired and covered by Ducati. Well bike was under warranty still. He was saying, something like 5 hours labor. Lol , it was in July. 5 weeks waiting.
At least, you would have plenty of time to do this.
Good luck

I've just oil changed a 2012 Panigale with 7000 km on it and found the same small, brown plastic tabs, 6 of them. The engine is raced, and it's been in my care since day one, with oil changes every 1500 km. Never had a trace of crap in the oil before, and I scrutinise the oil carefully like a gold miner panning for gold with every oil change.
I'm stripping another engine fully, but doubt if I'll have time to open this one before testing tomorrow at Barcelona.
It's damn annoying....

I've just oil changed a 2012 Panigale with 7000 km on it and found the same small, brown plastic tabs, 6 of them. The engine is raced, and it's been in my care since day one, with oil changes every 1500 km. Never had a trace of crap in the oil before, and I scrutinise the oil carefully like a gold miner panning for gold with every oil change.
I'm stripping another engine fully, but doubt if I'll have time to open this one before testing tomorrow at Barcelona.
It's damn annoying....

First service 1299s. Ceramic teeth off one if the gears in the timing side of the engine. Good tech found them in the oil. Current bike stripped and awaiting reply from Ducati. Anyone else had this issue or heard of it. The bike was run in correctly. 😬